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Premier Tech Aqua UK supplies for one of the UK’s largest Mining Project
ANorth-Eastbasedmanufacturerofwater and wastewater treatment solutions,PremierTech Aqua UK (PTAU) has been awarded – and has already successfully delivered – a series of orders to the £2.4bn Sirius Minerals’ polyhalite project in North Yorkshire.
Awarded by North Midland Construction Highways division – who specialise in large-scale projects across the UK – the contract, has seen PTAU design and manufacture six full retention separators for two different locations meeting strict timescales.
The development of the Sirius Minerals’ Woodsmith Mine and its associated infrastructure is underway. The mine will produce polyhalite – a multi-nutrient fertilizer, which contains four of the six macro nutrients that plants need to grow. PTAU has already delivered three Conder CNS 400 full retention separators to the main mine site near Whitby.
Engineered and built at the company’s extensive facilities, at Peterlee, County Durham, the Conder CNS full retention separators are fitted to surface
waterdrainage systems toprevent contaminatedwater entering the site and thereby eliminatingthe riskofpollutioncausedbyhydrocarbon.
A further two CNS 500s have also been ordered, and a Conder CNS 600 full retention separator is bound for Lockwood Beck – the location of the Sirius’ mineral transport system shaft. The mineral transport system is a tunnel system to transport polyhalite to a processing and port facility at Teesside, for distribution worldwide.
Speaking about the contract delivery, Steve Joyce, managing director at PTAU said: “We were delighted to work with Sirius Minerals on this project, which we secured on our ability to meet critical deadlines.”
“We have one of largest facilities in Europe for this design of plant, this combined with our commitment to innovation enables us to produce engineered tanks to such a high specification.”
The company prides itself on its prefabricated separators meeting a two-part European Standard, BS EN 858-1: 20021 and BS EN 858-2: 20032, from the design, use and selection right through to installation, operation and maintenance.
The Conder CNS full retention separator is designed and manufactured entirely in the UK and is designed to give long and reliable service.
Premier Tech Aqua UK boasts a team of 76 and with offices in the UK and Ireland is a market leader in providing packaged water and wastewater solutions to the residential, commercial and industrial markets.
GCSE results: Exams alone are failing
to produce work-ready school leavers The education system is at risk of stifling economic growth if there isn’t a greater focus on skills based learning, such as work experience, says the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), as GCSE results are revealed across the UK.
The IET calls today for more practical learning and development options to be built into the curriculum, but stresses it’s not just the responsibility of schools; employers have a duty to provide work experience for those in education or training to improve the supply of engineers and technicians coming into the industry.
Addressing these growing concerns, the latest Skills and Demand in Industry report*, published by the IET, confirms that 68% of employers are worried that the education system will struggle to keep up with the
skills required for technological change with 62% agreeing that young people entering today’s workplace do not have the right skills. 91% of companies surveyed went on to agree that more work experience needs to be offered to reduce the growing skills gap.
Alison Carr, IET Director of Policy, said: “There is deep concern that access to our next generation of work-ready engineers and technicians is being stifled by a lack of work experience options available to young people as part of their studies.
“As we are facing an engineering shortfall in the next decade, compounded by uncertainty around skills following Brexit, it is never too early to start developing the next generation of ‘home grown’ engineering and technology talent that have the right practical skills.
“Work experience is part of the solution and we are now calling on employers and educators to continue to strengthen their working relationships to ensure that the work experience they offer is designed with the skills gap in mind.”
The IET champions the need for employers and the education sector to collaborate to offer a diverse range of quality work experience to engineering students.
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